chelle523

Hi there! I'm Michelle, mom of 3 adult kids, married since 1989 and I'm a grandma!!! (Milo Oliver was born on September 21, 2020!!!)

NOTE: If I owe you a penpal letter (not a swap letter), I am sad to report that I took a whole stack of letters when I went camping and have lost them, so I'm unable to reply. :(

I work at a library, which is pretty much a dream job for me since I'm a bookworm. I love travel, writing, reading, comedy, movies, true crime, history, genealogy, yoga, I'm a little bit witchy and I love anything to do with France. I'm hoping that when hubby and I retire, we can get a house in the Yucatan in Mexico.

I'm a pretty laidback person - well, I'm insanely anxious but I'm not a hardass, if that makes sense. I take my swapping seriously, but not so seriously that it makes anyone miserable. I'm deathly allergic to drama - frankly, I'm just too old for it. I try to just abide, but inequality will get me fired up every time. Don't have time or patience for hate or bigotry or homophobia.

If you're into that sort of thing, I'm an INFJ, Gemini sun sign, Capricorn moon sign and Libra rising sign. Oh and I'm a #2 on the enneagram.

Also, if you feel like we have a lot in common and are interested in being penpals, let me know. I'd especially like penpals from other countries!

• Prince (all-time favorite)
• Lady Gaga
• SZA
• H.E.R.
• George Michael
• Sheryl Crow
• Sia
• Queen
• Ariana Grande
• Lizzo

• Gone with the Wind
• Purple Rain
• Braveheart
• Everything is Illuminated
• Bram Stoker's Dracula
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
• The Big Lebowski
• Young Frankenstein
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• Life of Brian
• The Hunger Games
• SuckerPunch
• Fight Club
• Midnight in Paris
• Chocolat
• Amelie
• Grease
• Dirty Dancing
• La Vie En Rose
• Fried Green Tomatoes
• Brave
• A Star is Born (2018)
• Black Panther
• Wonder Woman
• Birds of Prey
• Also, love most of the Disney & Pixar animated films & I love scary movies!

• Broad City
• Laverne & Shirley
• American Horror Story
• Hannibal
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Penny Dreadful
• Lots of British crime dramas
• Harlots
• The Tudors

• SmashBooks (OMG - love these!!! Why did they go away?)
• Postcards
• Journaling (especially Smash journals and junk journals)
• Collage
• Mail Art
• Pocket Scrapbooking (like Project Life)

I'm a bookworm and I always have been, so my list of favorites would be a mile long, but here are a few:

• Gone With the Wind
• Practical Magic
• The Witching Hour
• Interview With the Vampire
• The Vampire Lestat
• Lasher
• Practical Magic
• Talk Before Sleep
• The Freedom Manifesto
• How to Be Idle
• How to Be Free
• The Idle Parent
• The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• The Hobbit
• Say When
• Blackbird House
• The Ice Queen
• The Story Sisters
• The Shining
• The Green Mile
• Bridget Jones' Diary
• The Shopaholic series
• Gerald's Game
• Misery
• Radical Self-Love and a million others...

My favorite authors are Anne Rice, Stephen King, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Alice Hoffman, Elizabeth Berg, Gillian Flynn, John Green, Anais Nin, Dorothy Parker and Tom Hodgkinson. I love chick lit (esp. Brit chick lit), thrillers, non-fiction, true crime, horror, and literature.

• U.S. Wheat Pennies (if you collect them, let me know and we can trade!)
• Planner stickers & goodies
• Unused postcards
• Used postage stamps
• Anything Paris or France
• Anything rainbow, glitter or sparkly
• Smashbook goodies
• Foreign ephemera
• Vintage ephemera
• Buddhism
• Paganism or Wicca
• Books, libraries, etc.
• Vintage campers
• Pugs
• Kawaii (especially stationery & stickers)
• Enamel pins

If, for some reason, you do not receive something from me and I am one of your swap partners, PLEASE be sure to contact me and let me know. I have NEVER flaked on a swap in my life and I don't intend to start anytime soon. But if you don't get something from me and I've marked my items as "sent", let me know and I'll resend right away. Thank you :)

I am a really tolerant, easygoing person, but communication is very important. If something crazy happens, let me know and we can work something out. If I don't hear from you, I have no choice but to assume you're flaking. I don't post flakers on my profile because I prefer to handle things privately.

I'm a firm believer in everyone's right to believe as they wish, however, I don't have any wish to discuss politics or religion. I appreciate religious art and imagery and I'm interested in the study of different belief systems, but I don't need to be converted to anything. Thank you for respecting that. :)